Week 12 Power Rankings

Here are this week's KLS3 Power Rankings. As always, this is a subjective process, and there isn't any formula used to determine the rankings. All complaints should be sent to the Commissioner's office of the league. Team record follows the slash, and previous week's ranking in parenthesis.


1. Billy Ball/8-2-2 (2) -- Jack takes the top spot for the first time this year, becoming the fifth different manager to occupy the top ranking...

2. Phils win Mets choke/8-3-1 (3) -- ...But his top spot could be short-lived if he loses to Andy in another possible finals preview.

3. Smutt Peddlers 4/8-3-1 (1) -- After a crushing loss, Joe is only left cursing Jose Valverde - and I suppose Brandon Inge, too.

4. 7 Inning Games/8-4 (6) -- Ken cruises to victory over Adam, and pundits wonder if the old Ken is back.

5. Commish is a Commy/6-4-2 (7) -- Chris has only lost once in the last seven weeks and now he starts to get healthy. Watch out.

6. Lukewarm Miners/6-6 (8) -- Bob is 3-0 since trading for Prince Fielder. Coincidence? Unlikely.

7. Kolb=Future/6-6 (9) -- Mike saves his season with a 10-9 win thanks to Francisco Rodriguez's 9th-inning meltdown.

8. Fireballs 9/6-5-1 (4) -- Unfortunately for Ricky, Rodriguez can't even throw strikes to Mariano Rivera (more on what happened and the impact it has at the blog).

9. WeAreTheChampsBitch/6-6 (5) -- Adam has rotated wins and losses for the last six weeks, so if you're a betting man, bet on him vs. Mike this week.

10. Kill 'em Slowey/3-8-1 (11) -- Luckily for Dave, he probably doesn't have to worry too too much about a last-place finish.

11. waldr83/1-11 (10) -- Ryan Hanigan, Casey McGehee, Chris Coghlan and Alberto Callaspo don't exactly strike fear into opposing fantasy pitchers.

12. oof can't beat ne1/2-10 (12) -- I still can't believe I actually ranked Shea second at one point this season.